ED issues show cause notice to Chhattisgarh addl chief secy M.K. Raut and OSD P.K. Janawade for acquiring foreign exchange worth $13,360 and $10,020 respectively.
Two top bureaucrats of the Chhattisgarh government have come under the Enforcement Directorate (ED) scanner, after allegations that they illegally acquired foreign exchange for a holiday trip to the Maldives with their families.
The ED has slapped a show cause notice against additional chief secretary M.K. Raut for allegedly acquiring foreign exchange worth $13,360. Former engineer-in-chief P.K. Janawade, who was reappointed as official on special duty (general administration), accompanied Raut on the trip, and has also been show caused for acquiring $10,020. Their travel agent, Raipur-based Ajay Travels, has also been show caused in the notice.
The ED notice to the parties, dated 4 September 2017, says that this amounted to a “contravention of Section 3(a) and 4 of the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999”.
The show cause...